22nd Seanad: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
| Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
|- |
|- |
||
! style="background-color: {{Fianna Fáil/meta/color}}" | |
! style="background-color: {{Fianna Fáil/meta/color}}" | |
||
|[[Fianna Fáil]]||align="right" | 30 ||align="right"| ''' |
|[[Fianna Fáil]]||align="right" | 30 ||align="right"| '''27''' |
||
|- |
|- |
||
! style="background-color: {{Fine Gael/meta/color}}" | |
! style="background-color: {{Fine Gael/meta/color}}" | |
||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
|- |
|- |
||
! style="background-color: {{Independent politician (Ireland)/meta/color}}" | |
! style="background-color: {{Independent politician (Ireland)/meta/color}}" | |
||
|Independents||align="right" | 6 ||align="right"| ''' |
|Independents||align="right" | 6 ||align="right"| '''8''' |
||
|- |
|- |
||
! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color}}" | |
! style="background-color: {{Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color}}" | |
||
Revision as of 13:42, 24 June 2007
| 21st Seanad | (1997) |
| 22nd Seanad | (2002) |
| 23rd Seanad | (2007) |
This is a list of the members of the 22nd Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. These Senators were elected or appointed in 2002, after the 2002 general election and will serve until the close of poll for the 23rd Seanad at the end of July 2007.[1]
Composition of the 22nd Seanad
There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. There are 43 Senators elected by the vocational panels; 6 elected by the Universities and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach.
| Party | 2002 | 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | 30 | 27 |
| style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael | 15 | 15 |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent politician (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Independents | 6 | 8 |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party | 5 | 5 |
| style="background-color: Template:Progressive Democrats/meta/color" | | Progressive Democrats | 4 | 5 |
| Total | 60 | ||
Vocational panels
Administrative Panel
- Main article: Administrative Panel (Seanad Éireann)
The seats of Timmy Dooley, Frank Feighan, Joanna Tuffy and Joe McHugh were vacant after the Dáil general election on 24 May 2007.
| Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Timmy Dooley | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color; width: 1px" | | Fianna Fáil |
| Frank Feighan | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
| Camillus Glynn | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
| Tony Kett | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
| Joe McHugh | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael |
| Joanna Tuffy | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party |
| Diarmuid Wilson | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Agricultural Panel
- Main article: Agricultural Panel (Seanad Éireann)
The seats of Martin Mansergh, Ulick Burke and Eamon Scanlon were vacant after the Dáil general election on 24 May 2007.
- Paul Bradford (Fine Gael)
- Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)
- Ulick Burke (Fine Gael)
- Peter Callanan (Fianna Fáil)
- Rory Kiely (Fianna Fáil) - Cathaoirleach (chairman)
- Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fáil)
- Francis O'Brien (Fianna Fáil)
- Kathleen O'Meara (Labour Party)
- John Paul Phelan (Fine Gael)
- Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fáil)
- Jim Walsh (Fianna Fáil)
Cultural and Educational Panel
- Main article: Cultural and Educational Panel (Seanad Éireann)
The seats of Noel Coonan and Brian Hayes were vacant after the Dáil general election on 24 May 2007.
- Noel Coonan (Fine Gael)
- Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)
- Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fáil)
- Labhras O Murchú (Fianna Fáil)
- Ann Ormonde (Fianna Fáil)
Industrial and Commercial Panel
- Main article: Industrial and Commercial Panel (Seanad Éireann)
James Bannon's seat was vacant after the Dáil general election on 24 May 2007.
- James Bannon (Fine Gael)
- Eddie Bohan (Fianna Fáil)
- Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)
- Margaret Cox (Independent) (elected as a Fianna Fáil member, but whip removed on 4 April , 2007)
- Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fáil)
- Derek McDowell (Labour Party)
- Kieran Phelan (Fianna Fáil)
- Sheila Terry (Fine Gael)
- Mary White (Fianna Fáil)
Labour Panel
- Main article: Labour Panel (Seanad Éireann)
- Feargal Browne (Fine Gael)
- Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)
- Brendan Daly (Fianna Fáil)
- Geraldine Feeney (Fianna Fáil)
- Michael Finucane (Fine Gael)
- Liam Fitzgerald (Independent) (was elected as Fianna Fáil but left 27 March 2007)
- John Gerard Hanafin (Fianna Fáil)
- Jim Higgins (Fine Gael)
- Terry Leyden (Fianna Fáil)
- Don Lydon (Fianna Fáil)
- Michael McCarthy (Labour Party)
University seats
- Joe O'Toole (Independent)
- Feargal Quinn (Independent)
- Brendan Ryan (Labour Party)
- Mary Henry (Independent)
- David Norris (Independent)
- Shane Ross (Independent)
Nominated by the Taoiseach
- Cyprian Brady (Fianna Fáil)
- Michael Brennan (Progressive Democrats) (nominated when still a member of Fianna Fáil)
- John Dardis (Progressive Democrats)
- Maurice Hayes (Independent)
- Brendan Kenneally (Fianna Fáil)
- Michael P. Kitt (Fianna Fáil)
- John Minihan (Progressive Democrats)
- Tom Morrissey (Progressive Democrats)
- Pat Moylan (Fianna Fáil)
- Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fáil) - Leader of the Seanad
- Kate Walsh (Progressive Democrats)
- Colm O'Gorman (Progressive Democrats) (Replaced Kate Walsh who died 24 April 2007)
(replacing Mary O'Rourke, Cyprian Brady, Michael P. Kitt and Brendan Kenneally who were elected to Dáil Éireann on 24 May)
- Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fáil) - Leader of the Seanad
- Chris Wall (Fianna Fáil)
- Seán Dorgan (Fianna Fáil)
- Peter Sands (Fianna Fáil)
Changes
| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2004 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Progressive Democrats | Michael Brennan (FF) joins the Progressive Democrats | ||
| 27 March 2007 | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Liam Fitzgerald (FF) resigns from Fianna Fáil | ||
| 4 April 2007 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Margaret Cox (FF) resigns from Fianna Fáil | ||
| 24 April 2007 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Progressive Democrats | Death of Kate Walsh (PD) | |||
| 3 May 2007 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Progressive Democrats | Colm O'Gorman (PD) nominated to replace Kate Walsh
| |||